A 10 August 2010 article by Jerome Starkey in The Scotsman titled “Taleban Judges Condemn Pregnant Woman to be Flogged and Shot Dead” reports that a pregnant widow named Bibi Sanubar in the Badghis province of Afghanistan for sexual misconduct was recently sentenced by three Taliban mullahs to be publically flogged more than 200 times then shot to death. Sanubar’s and her unborn child’s bodies were then dumped in an area controlled by the Afghan government.

Sanubar’s sentence reflects the Sharia verdicts handed down by Taliban courts when they controlled much of Afghanistan.

Adulterers and runaways are usually jailed for two to three years by Afghan courts, or are returned to their families where the women often face “honor killings.” Rape victims are normally sentenced to prison for having non-marital sex.

An 8 August 2010 GhanaWeb article titled “Vice President Urges Churches to Invest in the Youth” reports that the Tenth General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church of Ghana (PCG) opened in Takoradi, Ghana, the weekend of 7 August 2010, and that a speech by Ghanaian Vice-President John Dramani Mahama was read to the assembly by Western Regional Minister Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo, where Mahama urged PCG churches in support of Ghana’s youths to establish income generating ventures such as rural banks; fruit processing companies; and the construction of guest houses, along with educational training centers where training on topical issues and social vices can be provided.

Vice-President Mahama additionally implored cooperation between all segments of Ghanaian society irrespective of political, religious, and ethnic differences, and the vice-president expressed concerns about undisciplined behavior, tribalism, lack of respect for political leadership and sabotage as problems adversely affecting the country.

Mahama concluded by urging Ghanaians to ensure that the Holy Spirit guided them to lead upright lives both outwardly and inwardly, to free from sins.

Mrs. Naadu Mills said that the empowerment of women should go beyond slogans and advertisement, to daily participation in divine appraisal for women, so to enjoy natural and national benefits. The First Lady additionally decried the subjugation of women to mere menial and domestic tasks and said it was very important that the potential of every human was harnessed to the growth and development of communities and the nation.

The conference titled “Newness in Christ, the Ministry of Kindness and the Role of Women” is focusing on the role of women performing acts of kindness, to touch the lives of people, in bringing them to Christ or enriching their faith in Christ.

More than sixty tons of stone, coarse gravel, and fine gravel were used in the construction of the labyrinth, and church members were asked to bring to the dedication a stone from their own property to add to the rock aggregate as a way of connecting with the labyrinth.

A 6 December 2005 post on The Puritan Board by the Rev. Bruce Buchanan of the Chain-O-Lakes Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Central Lake, Michigan, describes the prayer labyrinth as “an occult path of the dead. Successful navigation of it led one to heaven; the lost wandered it forever in terror, ending up in the center pit from which there was no escape. Arcane knowledge (gnosis) of traversing it or a suitable guide, therefore, was [a] necessary part of pagan religion. In other incarnations, it serves a gnostic purpose of meditation…not the “inner-peace” type, but the “path”…to enlightenment.”

The Sabbath-keeping Free Church of Scotland (FCS) is the dominent church on the Isle of Lewis. After a recent unsuccessful bid to have the golf course club house opened on Sundays to serve alcohol and host social events, FCS Presbytery Clerk Callum MacLean said: “Our primary concern is the desecration of the Sabbath Day, arising from a licence permitting the sale of alcohol.”

The church minister in June 2010 suggested the teen leave the Royal City Pride Society after the teen was featured in a newspaper story about the homosexual pride group. The teen and her parents then left the church.

PCCPresbytery of Westminster Moderator the Rev. Jim Smith commented:The actions of First Presbyterian Church, as reported by The Province, seem contradictory to the decisions of the general assemblies as summarized in the Social Action Handbook. The [PCC] has never limited the activities of its members based on sexual orientation.”